the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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THE MESSAGE
Nahum 1:7
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The Lord is good,a stronghold in a day of distress;he cares for those who take refuge in him.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, & he knoweth them that trust in him.
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
The Lord is good, giving protection in times of trouble. He knows who trusts in him.
The LORD is good, A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him.
The Lorde is good and as a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Yahweh is good,A strong defense in the day of distress,And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
The Lord is good. He protects those who trust him in times of trouble.
Adonai is good, a stronghold in time of trouble; he takes care of those who take refuge in him.
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The Lord is good. He is a safe place to go to in times of trouble. He takes care of those who trust him.
The LORD is good, a great help in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.
The Lord is good; he protects his people in times of trouble; he takes care of those who turn to him.
Yahweh is good—a refuge in the day of distress; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Jehovah is good for a stronghold in the day of distress; and He knows those who trust in Him.
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.
The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that take refuge in Him.
The Lord is gratious, a strong holde in the day of trouble, and knoweth them that trust in hym.
The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that put their trust in him.
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
The Lord is good, and coumfortynge in the dai of tribulacioun, and knowynge hem that hopen in hym.
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those that take refuge in him.
The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The Lord is good— indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.
The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.
The Lord is good, a safe place in times of trouble. And He knows those who come to Him to be safe.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him,
Good is Yahweh, as a protection in the day of distress, - and one who acknowledgeth them who seek refuge in him.
The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Good [is] Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.
Ful gracious is the LORDE, and a stronge holde in tyme of trouble, he knoweth the that put their trust in him:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lord: 1 Chronicles 16:34, Ezra 3:11, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 100:5, Psalms 136:1-26, Psalms 145:6-10, Jeremiah 33:11, Lamentations 3:25, Romans 11:22, 1 John 4:8-10
strong hold: or, strength, Psalms 18:1, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 62:6-8, Psalms 71:3, Psalms 84:11, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:2, Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:2, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 26:1-4, Isaiah 32:2
in the: Psalms 20:1, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 59:16, Psalms 86:7, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 37:4
and he: Psalms 1:6, Matthew 7:23, John 10:27, Galatians 4:9, 2 Timothy 2:19
that: 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Chronicles 32:11, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Psalms 84:12, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:23, Matthew 27:43
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 13:18 - relied Psalms 9:9 - The Lord Psalms 47:2 - is terrible Psalms 145:9 - good Jeremiah 16:19 - my strength Jeremiah 17:17 - thou Jeremiah 24:5 - I acknowledge Ezekiel 13:11 - there shall Ezekiel 32:22 - Asshur Hosea 13:5 - know Zephaniah 3:12 - and Zechariah 9:12 - Turn Romans 7:15 - allow 1 Corinthians 8:3 - is 1 Timothy 4:10 - because 2 Timothy 1:12 - believed
Cross-References
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was: wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. "What's going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord [is] good,.... To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah and his, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust in him; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria, to whom he was dreadful and terrible, destroying his army in one night by an angel; and so delivered the king of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from that terror that had seized them, and that danger they were exposed unto; and so the Lord is good in himself, in the perfections of his nature, in the works of his hands, in all his persons to his people, that fear him, trust in him, and seek him, and wait for him, and on him:
a strong hold in the day of trouble; or, he is "good for a strong hold" w, c. it was a day of trouble, rebuke, and blasphemy, with Hezekiah and his people, when they were besieged by the army of Sennacherib king of Assyria, and had received from Rabshakeh by his orders a railing and reproaching letter and then the Lord was a strong hold to them, to whom they betook themselves, and he protected and defended them. The whole time of this life is a time of trouble to the saints, though it is but a day, a short time; in which they meet with much from their own corrupt hearts, and the sin that dwells in them; from Satan and his temptations; from carnal professors, their principles and practices; and from a profane and persecuting world; and from the Lord himself, who sometimes lays his afflicting hand upon them, and hides his face from them; and yet he is their rock and their refuge, their strong tower and place of defence; where they find safety and plenty in all their times of distress and want:
and he knoweth them that trust in him; in his word, as the Targum; and they are such that know him, and are sensible of the vanity of all other objects of trust; who betake themselves to him for shelter and protection; lean and stay themselves upon him, and commit all unto him, and expect all from him: these he knows, loves, and has the strongest affection for; he approves of them, and commends their faith and confidence; he takes notice of them, visits them, and makes himself known unto them, even in their adversity; he owns and acknowledges them as his own, claims his right in them now, and will confess them hereafter; and he takes care of them that they perish not, whoever else do; see Psalms 1:6; he knows the necessities of those that trust in him, as Jarchi; he knows them for their good, takes care of them, provides for, them, and watches over them, as Kimchi. The ancients formerly had their γνωστηρας and μυνητας, "notores" x, such as knew them, and were their patrons and defenders; as when a Roman citizen was condemned to be whipped or crucified in a province where he was not known, and claimed the Roman privileges, such persons were his witnesses and advocates; and thus the Lord is represented as one that knows his people, and is their patron and advocate. The goodness of God expressed in this text is set off with a foil by the terribleness of his wrath and vengeance against his enemies.
w טוב יהוה למעוז "bonus Dominus ad robur", Burkius; "bonus est Jehovah in arcem", Cocceius. x Dannhaver, apud Burkium in loc. Vid. Turnebi Adversar. l. 29. c. 36.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Lord is good: a stronghold in the day of trouble - “Good and doing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good in giving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none is good, save God” Luke 18:19; Himself the stronghold wherein His own amy take refuge; both in the troubles of this life, in which “He will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able” 1 Corinthians 10:13, and in that Day, which shall hem them in on every side, and leave no place of escape except Himself.
And He knoweth them that tuust in Him - So as to save them; as Rahab was saved when Jericho perished, and Lot out of the midst of the overthrow and Hezekiah from the host of Sennacherib. He knows them with an individual, ever-present, knowledge. He says not only, “He shall own them,” but He ever “knoweth them.” So it is said; “The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous” Psalms 1:6; “The Lord knoweth the, days of the upright” Psalms 37:18; and our Lord says, “I know My sheep” John 10:14, John 10:27; and Paul, “The Lord knoweth them that are His” 2 Timothy 2:19. God speaks of this knowledge also in the past, of His knowledge, when things as yet were not, “I have known thee by name;” or of loving kindness in the past, “I knew thee in the wilderness” Hosea 13:5, “you alone have I known of all the families of the earth” Amos 3:2, its contrariwise our Lord says, that He shall say to the wicked in the Great Day, “I never knew you” Matthew 7:23. That God, being what He is, should take knowledge of us, being what we are, is such wondrous condescension, that it involves a purpose of love, yea, His love toward us, as the Psalmist says admiringly, “Lord, what is man that Thou takest knowledge of him?” Psalms 144:3.
Them that trust in Him - It is a habit, which has this reward; “the trusters in Him,” “the takers of refuge in Him.” It is a continued unvarying trust, to which is shown this everpresent love and knowledge.
Yet this gleam of comfort only discloses the darkness of the wicked. Since those who trust God are they whom God knows, it follows that the rest He knows not. On this opening, which sets forth the attributes of God toward those who defy Him and those who trust in Him, follows the special application to Nineveh.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. The Lord is good — In the midst of judgment he remembers mercy; and among the most dreadful denunciations of wrath he mingles promises of mercy. None that trust in him need be alarmed at these dreadful threatenings; they shall be discriminated in the day of wrath, for the Lord knoweth them that trust in him.
